resedimentation

resedimentation

[rē‚sed·ə·mən′tā·shən] (geology) Sedimentation of material derived from a preexisting sedimentary rock, that is, redeposition of sedimentary material. Mechanical deposition of material in cavities of postdepositional age, such as the deposition of carbonate muds and silts by internal mechanical erosion or solution of a limestone. The general process of subaqueous, downslope movement of sediment under the influence of gravity, such as the formation of a turbidity-current deposit.